Peoples Water Coop, NM
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Peoples Water Coop at a glance
Peoples Water Coop serves about 76 people through 29 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Luna County, New Mexico. EPA system ID: NM3510016; phone on file: 575-546-0494. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Peoples Water Coop's lead record
That is up 13 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Peoples Water Coop is 13 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0.6 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 504 New Mexico systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.4 ppb; 14 are over 15 ppb right now and 46 have gone over at some point. Peoples Water Coop's 13 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in New Mexico and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Luna County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Peoples Water Coop. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Deming Municipal Water System | 16,788 | 2 ppb |
| Columbus Water System | 2,230 | 0 (not detected) |
| Desert Vista Rv Village | 222 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pecan Park Mdwca | 110 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Deming, NM may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Peoples Water Coop whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.